It will be the first screening of the film “Tower. A Bright Day" by Jagoda Szelc in Łódź. The film was already screened at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia where it was awarded and received a critical acclaim: "Tower. Bright Day" is a true revelation. I doubt I’ll see anything better than that here" wrote Paweł Felis for Gazeta Wyborcza having seen the film in Gdynia. "Szelc, (still a student, not a graduate yet, made such a  film, which is difficult to believe) from fragments of real life and events, constructs cinema filled with mystery. And this is not easy to do at all" - said Justyna Kobus for TVN24. Tadeusz Sobolewski reported: " Jagoda Szelc’ film debut "Tower. A Bright Day." was the revelation of the Gdynia Festival beginning. Expectations were high and the jury’s verdict proved Jagoda Szelc’ great success at the Festival – she won the best screenplay and best debut direction prizes.

Prof. Mariusz Grzegorzek, the Rector of the Lodz Film School, is the film’s artistic supervisor. The film „Tower. Bright Day” was produced by the INDEKS Film Studio at the Lodz Film School. The Studio, which was founded in 1990 as an initiative of an outstanding Polish film director and Lodz Film School Professor and Rector, Wojciech Jerzy Has, promotes our school’s most talented graduates and facilitates their artistic debut.

Film Cast: Anna Krotoska, Małgosia Szczerbowska, Dorota Łukasiewicz –Kwietniewska, Anna Zubrzycki, Rafał Cieluch, Rafał Kwietniewski, Laila Hennessy, Ida Kwietniewska, Igor Kwietniewski. The director of photography, Przemysław Brynkiewicz, is our cinematography graduate. Art direction: Natalia Giza. Film Production: Indeks Film Studio; producer: Marcin Malatyński, co-producers: Lodz Film School, Centrala, Dreamsound, Heliograf, EBH. The film project of Jagoda Szelc is co-financed by Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej. (Polish Film Art Institute)

This year, the Festival programme comprises about 150 screenings of many films which have already been awarded at various world film festivals and will be distributed in Poland in a few months’ time.

The films will compete in two categories: Polish Debut and Second Films’ Competition, and European Debut and Second Films’ Competition.
Panorama screenings have been divided into three groups: Festival Hits, Masters, Discoveries.

The 22nd ORLEN CINERGIA European Film Forum takes place in Lodz (Charlie and Helios Sukcesja Cinemas) from 23rd November to 2nd December.
The Festival Opening Gala - Helios Sukcesja Cinema on 23 November, 2017 at 8 p.m.

Festival Programme available at: www.cinergiafestival.pl.